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> restricting the rest to its 2.2 million subscribers or people who arrive via social media. So they're fine with people from "social media" getting a 'free ri
by 1024core 9y ago
> restricting the rest to its 2.2 million subscribers or people who arrive via social media.
So they're fine with people from "social media" getting a 'free ride' ?
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoMany people used Google specifically to get around the newspaper's paywall. I imagine fewer people will use social media to do that. As a result, the fraction of content requests that are honest referrals would be expected to be higher.
- rcraft 9y agoYou can easily use Twitter search logged out or without an actual Twitter account: https://twitter.com/search-home https://twitter.com/search-home. Not hard to see the same google copy and pasters will just move to Twitter search.
- gruez 9y agoyep, hence why everyone switched to facebook.com/l.php
- gvb 9y agoThe Journal’s ad revenue wasn’t affected by its recent drop in Google traffic because social media visits grew 34 percent in that time, keeping overall web traffic flat, Watford said. Their numbers agree with your hypothesis: people simply switched from using the (now closed) Google "payhole" to the social media "payhole."
- amenod 9y ago... which must hurt Google. Well played, WSJ, well played. :)